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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SCHOOL'MISTRESS, n. [See Mistress.] A woman who governs and teaches a school.
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
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1: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict) [syn: schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress, mistress]
Merriam Webster's
noun Date: 15th century a woman who teaches school • schoolmistressy adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. a head or assistant female teacher.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Schoolmistress School"mis`tress, n. A woman who governs and teaches a school; a female school-teacher.
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
(schoolmistresses) A schoolmistress is a woman who teaches children in a school. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT
